Makassar, S Sulawesi – The South Sulawesi Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) announced on Sunday that the flash floods that hit Inalipue Village in Wajo District on Saturday have actually seriously impacted 123 residents from 40 families.
Eleven citizens from five affected households had even taken haven to much safer locations after the flooding significantly damaged their houses, the agency’s head, Nimal Lahamang, said in Makassar.
The catastrophe that happened following heavy rainfall and overruning river harmed 9 houses, a village office building, and two school buildings, along with impacted 40 other houses, he stated.
The firm has actually provided humanitarian aid and logistics to the affected village as rescuers continued their endeavors to evacuate those badly affected by the flooding, he added.
The flooding that struck Inalipue Village in Wajo District, South Sulawesi Province, this week is among the natural disaster occasions in Indonesia this year.
The National Catastrophe Mitigation Firm (BNPB) recorded 1,423 natural disaster occasions in various parts of Indonesia in between January 1 and June 15, 2021.
The disasters did not just eliminate a minimum of 493 people and cause 68 others to go missing out on but they likewise affected 5,206,534 individuals, much of whom were forced to look for haven somewhere else.
The firm further kept in mind that floods, whirlwinds, landslides, and bush and forest fires were the most common catastrophe events reported in the country.
As numerous as 135,187 houses and 2,920 public centers were damaged in their aftermath.
According to the BNPB, Indonesia taped 592 floods, 394 whirlwinds, and 288 landslides in the very first half of this year.
In addition, the archipelago knowledgeable 108 bush and forest fires, 20 occasions involving abrasion and high waves, 19 devastating earthquakes, and two dry spells.
The catastrophe occasions, which left 12,853 individuals injured, also harmed 1,367 academic facilities, 1,207 holy places, 346 health facilities, 492 office buildings, and 282 bridges.
Highlighting Indonesia’s vulnerability to a variety of natural hazards, BNPB representative Raditya Jati has actually appealed to the people to remain alert.
This year, among the deadliest catastrophes that Indonesia experienced was the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled the districts of Mamuju and Majene in West Sulawesi province on January 15.
The quake claimed more than 100 lives and acutely affected several homeowners in sub-districts such as Mamuju, Tapalang, Tapalang Barat, Simboro Kepulauan, Kalukku, and Bonehau.
The earthquake harmed 9,179 houses in Mamuju district alone, the BNPB reported.
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